Cloudcroft girls fall short to Capitan on the road, 44-30

Whitney Richardson leads the way with 12 points

CAPITAN >> The Cloudcroft Lady Bears hit six consecutive free-throws late in the fourth quarter to trail by seven, but fell short to Capitan (13-8) Wednesday night by the count of 44-30.

Capitan lead 9-7 before Kayla Derrick landed a lay-up to tie the game at 9-9 with 7:24 left until the half. Cloudcroft trailed 21-9 at the half. Turnovers hurt the Lady Bears as they committed 14 in the first half alone.

K'Leigh Flotte hit a three-pointer with 2:21 in the third quarter to make score 28-11. The Capitan Tigers worked at a quick pace, extending their lead to 32-14 with under a minute left in the third quarter. Whitney Richardson shot five consecutive free-throws to the deficit to 11 points at 32-21. Capitan had 10 fouls as a team, which allowed the Lady Bears to make the score 34-27 after Flotte hit another three-pointer with 5:19 left in the contest.

With three minutes left in the game, Cloudcroft cut the lead to nine points, down 39-30. Capitan led by 10 points with two minutes remaining to eventually defeat Cloudcroft and keep their season alive. Capitan will advance to play No. 1 seeded Hagerman (16-10) in the District 7-1A title game Friday night.

Richardson led Cloudcroft (7-16) with 12 points. Kymbra Espinosa and Bryanna Parker both led Capitan with 11 points.

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